CA CA - Koy Ien Saechao, 48, & Choy Fow Salee, 40, Sacramento, 22 April 1986

[morf13]

RE: 1986 Double Murders of Koy Ien Saechao & Choy Fow Salee in Sacramento Area. Wondering if there were anymore details on this?

Laotian couple Koy Ien Saechao (48) and Choy Fow Salee (40) were traveling back on the two and a half hour journey to their residence in Dorman Road, Yuba City, after visiting their son in a Merced CA hospital, situated in the area of the San Joaquin Valley of Northern California. They were only 45 minutes from home when it was believed they had opted to take a rest on the roadside edge, near the interchange of Highway 99 and I-5 Sacramento and unfortunately for them, a merciless killer was in the vicinity.
How the killer approached is open to question, but the assailant unleashed a barrage of gunfire into their car blowing in both front side windows, testimony to this was the 15 small caliber shell casings scattered and retrieved from around the car. The couple suffered multiple shots to the head.
Shortly after this crime a 'Mystery Man', thought at the time to be a hitchhiker, flagged down a California Highway Patrol Officer in East Nicolaus and informed him of an automobile accident, at the precise location the couple were eventually discovered. He was later sought for questioning in connection to the double murder on Highway 99, but he failed to come forward and his identity remains unknown to this day.

 

[OkieGranny]

MSM from 2001:

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/paro...cle_57663948-09d0-568c-9447-0e20bdecf771.html

Saechao and Salee, who lived on Dorman Avenue with four children and a grandchild, were sprayed with 15 rounds of small-caliber gunfire as they sat in their car at Highway 99 and Interstate 5, where they had apparently stopped to rest...

Saechao and Salee came from Laos in 1975 and settled in Merced. They moved to Yuba City in 1985.

 

[morf13]

I have heard, but not verified, that this killer that confessed may have been lying about his part in this crime as well as other crimes

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Koy and Choy...it's now been over 34 years.

 

[untoldcoldcases]

RE: 1986 Double Murders of Koy Ien Saechao & Choy Fow Salee in Sacramento Area. Wondering if there were anymore details on this?

Laotian couple Koy Ien Saechao (48) and Choy Fow Salee (40) were traveling back on the two and a half hour journey to their residence in Dorman Road, Yuba City, after visiting their son in a Merced CA hospital, situated in the area of the San Joaquin Valley of Northern California. They were only 45 minutes from home when it was believed they had opted to take a rest on the roadside edge, near the interchange of Highway 99 and I-5 Sacramento and unfortunately for them, a merciless killer was in the vicinity.
How the killer approached is open to question, but the assailant unleashed a barrage of gunfire into their car blowing in both front side windows, testimony to this was the 15 small caliber shell casings scattered and retrieved from around the car. The couple suffered multiple shots to the head.
Shortly after this crime a 'Mystery Man', thought at the time to be a hitchhiker, flagged down a California Highway Patrol Officer in East Nicolaus and informed him of an automobile accident, at the precise location the couple were eventually discovered. He was later sought for questioning in connection to the double murder on Highway 99, but he failed to come forward and his identity remains unknown to this day.

Does anyone have any information on the murder weapon used or the type of ammunition in this case? It would be interesting to see if it is linked to other cases?